Apple next-generation iPhone likely to adopt in-cell touch panels, say sources  —  Apple's new iPhone, which is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2012, is likely to adopt in-cell touch panels rolled out by Sharp and Toshiba Mobile Display (TMD), according to sources in Apple's supply chain.

Samsung GT-i9300 dummy box could host the new Galaxy S  —  Vietnamese website Tinhte has posted images and video of a new device, the Samsung GT-i9300, which could be a engineering sample of the next Galaxy S device set for reveal on May 3rd.  Unlike the previous leak, which featured grainy photos taken …

Skype on Xbox team official, Metro development techniques coming to Xbox?  —  It's no news to most Microsoft watchers; if Microsoft is going to make good on those promises of bringing Skype to it's entire consumer product portfolio, Skye on Xbox LIVE has to happen at some point.

Apple in talks with iPad trademark challenger to try and settle dispute  —  Apple and a Chinese company have started talks to try and resolve an ongoing legal dispute over the iPad trademark, according to a lawyer involved in the case.  —  Ma Dongxiao, a lawyer representing the Chinese company Proview …

YouTube faces massive music royalty bill in German copyright case  —  Summary: YouTube could face a massive royalties bill after a court case went against the video-sharing site.  The ruling also ruled that YouTube alone is responsible for its users' submissions.

iPhone lands on five more US regional carriers today, iPad launching in 12 more countries  —  As we mentioned earlier this month, the iPhone launches on five additional regional carriers today: Alaska Communications, Appalachian Wireless, GCL, Cellcom, and nTelos.

Anontune: The New Social Music Platform From Anonymous  —  In a move sure to attract attention from the music industry, a small group of coders claiming to be part of Anonymous is putting together a social music platform.  The rather ambitious goal: Create a service that seamlessly pulls up songs streaming from all around the internet.

Apple Marketing SVP Phil Schiller dumps Instagram over expansion to Android  —  Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is not the only photo-loving business executive upset by Instagram in recent weeks.  While Dorsey stopped posting photos from his Instagram after Facebook reportedly beat his Twitter …

Kickstarter funding explodes, on pace to triple this year to around $300M  —  We've been reporting on a lot of very cool tech and gaming projects that have found huge success on the New York based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter this year.  The site, which never had a million dollar project before 2012 …

Apple announces 500 new jobs in Ireland  —  (Reuters) - Apple is to hire 500 people in Ireland in the latest boost to the indebted euro zone country's multinational sector, one of the few bright spots in a struggling economy.  —  The consumer electronics giant will increase the headcount …

Anonymous builds its own Pastebin-like site  —  Hacker group Anonymous and the People's Liberation Front have created a data-sharing site called AnonPaste, meant to host pastes of code and other messages without any moderation or censorship of the information posted.

Live, from Forest City: Facebook's second data center now online  —  We're thrilled to announce that our new data center in Forest City, North Carolina, is now online and serving live user traffic.  In the 16 months since we broke ground on the facility, a tremendous amount of effort …

Nokia loses IPCom patent case in German court  —  (Reuters) - Nokia lost a court case on Friday after a regional court in Mannheim, Germany, found the Finnish mobile phone company had violated patents belonging to German patent firm IPCom.  —  Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant said the ruling affected phones that were no longer being sold.

Top mobile apps showcased at DEMO 2012  —  DEMO 2012 led off with mobile products.  Here are the most interesting.  By Colin Neagle, Network World As is generally the case at trade shows today, mobile technology has been top of mind at the DEMO conference in Santa Clara, taking up the first half of the event's first day.

Will Verizon throw its weight behind Windows Phone?  —  Nokia has been building some buzz in the U.S. for its Lumia 900 for AT&T. Could Verizon be the next taker?  —  (Credit: Nokia)  —  Verizon may be ready to cast its lot with Microsoft and its Windows Phone platform.

Cloudflare's Instaflare is an Instagram for all the images on your website — Seriously  —  Having a bit of fun with all the Instagram hype these days, the website optimization service Cloudflare has launched Instaflare, a cheeky new feature that will let users of its platform apply filters to all of the images on your site.

WeVideo gets $19.1M to collaboratively edit videos online  —  WeVideo, a cloud-based collaborative video editor, just raised $19.1 million in its first round of funding.  The service lets you edit videos in a browser, instead of using pricey software like Final Cut Pro.

Sony to Launch 5GB Online Photo Sharing Service Next Week  —  Sony said Friday it will launch its online photo sharing service, “PlayMemories Online,” next week.  —  The service will initially be available in six countries — Japan, the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, and the U.K. — from May 25, and will offer 5GB of free storage.

Facebook tweaks terms over censorship fears  —  Facebook has scrapped a change to its terms that users complained could be used as an excuse for censorship, and reopened the consultation into the other changes to those terms.  —  Thousands of users sent in responses to the proposed revisions …

iiNet: ISP Not Liable For BitTorrent Piracy, High Court Rules  —  In what became known as the iiTrial, the marathon four-year legal battle that began in November 2008, a consortium of Hollywood Studios with token Australian representation going under the banner of the Australian Federation …

Cisco memo: We can't build anything  —  Earlier this morning, The New York Times wrote about an internal memo in which Cisco Systems outlined its plans for software defined networking.  More importantly, it also shared the news that it has invested $100 million in Insieme …

LightSquared Makes Inmarsat Payment to Win Time for Talks  —  Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. made an outstanding $56.3 million payment to Britain's Inmarsat Plc (ISAT) related to a spectrum-cooperation accord and was granted an extension on further installments, gaining more time to win approval …